Bill Gates urges investors to back climate tech with ‘zero’ green premium: ‘Biggest growth story of the century’
28 okt. 2025
13:49
Bill Gates says closing the “green premium” is now the key measure of climate progress, and he’s calling on investors to back the companies that can get us there. He also reveals the sectors and startups he believes will drive growth.
Bill Gates believes one metric still defines our progress on climate change: the green premium. The Microsoft billionaire coined the term in 2021 to describe the additional cost of choosing cleaner technologies over traditional ones.
In a new essay titled Three Tough Truths About Climate, the Microsoft co-founder argues that while progress has been made in renewables and electric mobility, the price gap in several carbon-intensive industries remains too wide. Until those costs converge, he suggests, emissions reductions will stall.